May 14-16, 2015
Fairmont Royal York Hotel
Toronto, Ontario - Canada

GOLD MEDAL AWARD

PURPOSE

The Gold Medal award was established by the Society of Biological Psychiatry to honor pioneering contributions to the field. A framed certificate is presented to the award recipient for significant and sustained work that advances and extends knowledge in biological psychiatry.

GUIDELINES

All scientists working in the field of biological psychiatry including but not limited to individuals from academic institutions, foundations, governmental, industrial and research organizations regardless of age, sex, race or nationality shall be eligible.

Nominees need not be members of the Society of Biological Psychiatry.

The decision of the award committee shall be based on the nominee's scientific accomplishments, their independence, originality, and impact; their development of new concepts, theories and techniques, that constitute a definitive, mature and significant contribution to knowledge sustained over a period of years.

The decision of the award committee shall be final, subject to approval by the Council of the Society.

An award may be made every year, but the award committee and Council reserve the right to make no award in any year.

Members of the award committee are not eligible to receive the award during their tenure on the award committee.

INSTRUCTIONS

Members of the Society or members of other national or international scientific associations may submit nominations.

Submit a letter describing the nominee’s contributions to the field including a list of the candidate's major achievements and a list of up to ten of the candidate's most important publications.

If available, submit a curriculum vitae of the candidate.

The award will be presented by the President of the Society at the 70th Annual Meeting in Toronto on May 15, 2015

All applications must be submitted on-line.

Nominations submitted on-line before or on October 1, 2014 will be accepted.